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This two-day international workshop aims at bringing together specialists from around the world working on the history & reconstruction of (proto-)Japanese accent. Its foremost goal is to take stock of recent advances in this area and to see how we can further refine our current understanding of the history of Japanese accent and of its very nature.

Indeed, recent proposals to treat it as tone at least at the (Early) Middle Japanese level will be addressed, as will be different interpretations of the (Early) Middle Japanese tone dot materials and consequently diverging proposals for the reconstruction of proto-Japanese accent.

Data from the Ryukyus, especially if new & hitherto unpublished, will be most welcome as it could possibly help clarify & validate proposed reconstruction models & pathways of diachronic evolution of Japanese (or rather, Japonic) accent.

The working language of the conference will be English.

Second Call for Papers

New deadline for abstract submission

A second call for papers is hereby issued. Apart from oral presentations (both long and short, see hereafter), a poster session, whose goal is mainly to present the work of graduate students, will also be organized.

Presentations may be short (45 min. incl. discussion) or long (60 min. incl. discussion). Those willing to contribute a presentation dealing with the history and/or reconstruction of Japanese (and/or Ryukyuan) accent are invited to submit an abstract in English (2 pages max. incl. references, Times New Roman 12 pt, single-spaced, pdf format) at the following address until April 30: http://linguistlist.org/confcustom/HRJA2009 Authors will be notified of acceptance in early June.

Please note that papers/posters presenting a historically-minded synchronic description of hitherto understudied Japanese/Ryukyuan varieties are also most welcome.

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